At LinuxWorld: Corporate Linux at no charge
special coverage Open-source advocate Bruce Perens wants to cut support costs. Also: Thin-client makers embrace the penguin.
At the LinuxWorld show in San Francisco, everyone wants a piece of the open-source action: Intel is in, MySQL backs IBM's Power-Linux, Sun makes the connection--and more.
Free corporate Linux set for test phase
Bruce Perens, a pioneer of the open-source operating system, wants to cut companies' support costs.August 5, 2004
Thin-client makers ride open-source wave
Among those embracing Linux is a manufacturer that previously rejected the penguin.August 5, 2004
IBM: No patent attacks on Linux
Big Blue's book of patents won't be used to bludgeon the open-source software.August 4, 2004
MySQL backs IBM's Power-Linux plans
Move boosts Big Blue's goal to get Linux support for its servers using IBM chips.August 4, 2004
IBM's Linux: Services to overtake servers
With its ongoing investment in open-source, IBM is seeing signs of payback--faster than it expected.August 4, 2004
Programmer tool gets a Linux foothold
Open-source options are favored in Linux culture, but Intel wins a pair of new supporters.August 4, 2004
Battling with Microsoft on foreign soil
newsmaker Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik sees potential overseas where open source is fast establishing a foothold. But there are obstacles.August 4, 2004
Sun's Solaris 10 to run Linux apps, too
Project Janus intercepts a program's communications with Linux and translates them into communications with Solaris.August 3, 2004
Linux, digital rights on collision course
HP executive blames Digital Millennium Copyright Act for incompatibility with open-source software.August 3, 2004
AMD aims to triple server share
The CIA's among its latest customers, but the chipmaker will need help from big computer makers, too.August 3, 2004
Szulik calls for idealism, reform, sharing
What's wrong with the United States? It's too much like the New York Yankees, says Red Hat's CEO.August 3, 2004
Novell launches new Linux--with JBoss Java
Companies' support partnership creates product meant to be more than just an operating system.August 3, 2004
HP offers Linux-based laptop
The longtime Microsoft ally taps SuSE Linux to give laptop buyers an open-source alternative to Windows.August 3, 2004
CA sweetens the open-source pot
The company is set to announce a $1 million contest to spur acceptance of its newly launched Ingres r3 open-source database.August 3, 2004
Acronis offers backup server for Linux
Also: Software maker Linare reveals a version of the open-source OS designed for business desktop users.August 3, 2004
Army supercomputing drafts Intel, AMD
Research lab buys massive supercomputers with 64-bit chips from both chipmakers.August 2, 2004
Server software maker goes open source
Netline hopes to come out of the shadow of business partner Novell.August 2, 2004
Sun mulls buying Novell
Acquisition of Linux seller would hurt rival IBM, Sun says. But it wouldn't exactly be a bargain.August 2, 2004
Breaking the rules with open source
Entrepreneurs and investors are turning to open-source software to jump-start new companies.August 2, 2004
Linux fervor on display at trade show
LinuxWorld will showcase company strategies to get an edge over competitors in the open-source world.August 1, 2004
Group: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents
Company that sells insurance against Linux-related intellectual-property litigation reports results of months-long review.August 1, 2004
Unisys gives Linux a second try
The longtime Microsoft partner will offer open-source software on its multiprocessor servers.August 1, 2004
64-bit Intel server onslaught begins
The Nocona systems' 64-bit extensions make it easier to support more than 4GB of memory on x86 chips.August 1, 2004
IBM to make Java database open source
Big Blue is creating an open-source project around Cloudscape, a niche Java database, CNET News.com has learned.July 31, 2004
Novell to debut server Linux update
Flagship SuSE Linux product gets a rebuild around the enterprise-friendly 2.6 kernel. Take that, Red Hat.July 30, 2004
Red Hat to serve Java
Company plans to grow beyond its Linux roots and sell a subscription service supporting an open-source Java application server.July 29, 2004
Sun wrestles with open-source Java
Sony, Panasonic, others stump for Linux
Novell adds $600 million to war chest
Indian president calls for open source in defense
Linux services growing on the double
Red Hat alums try new Linux angle
SCO seeks to buttress case against Big Blue
Sun desktop software exec moving to Linux specialist
Microsoft pays to end Lindows suits
HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source patent fight
SCO flops in DaimlerChrysler Unix lawsuit